Elsa Williams Channelled by Marnie Ritter UPDATED

Ruth was lucky enough to take a class from Marnie Ritter at the EGA Seminar in Santa Fe, and shares some of her project and Marnie's ideas with us on her blog.
http://ruthsneedlework.blogspot.com/2012/11/been-to-santa-fe.html

I urge you to study the photographs carefully. Ruth has given us glimpses into Marnie's clever design ideas and how her mentor Elsa Williams approached embroidery.  I consider Marnie Ritter the most original needlepointer we have.  No one does original patterns the way Marnie does.  I treasure all my needlepoint magazines with her designs charted in them.  One day I'll stitch her original Aurora Borealis plate....
http://www.mritter.com/products.html

Thanks, Ruth.  This was very interesting and thought-provoking!

UPDATE:  Marie-Therese Baker just emailed me that Marnie's class "To Honor Elsa" is going to be repeated at Callaway in 2013.   You can see all the class listings and read about Marnie's class at the Calloway Gardens' School of Needle Arts page here.
http://www.callawaygardens.com/events/education-and-culture/callaway-gardens-school-of-needle-arts

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